Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Is raw really always better???

I love searching and learning more about healthy eating/cooking tips.We know that a fruit and vegetables diet is a key to good health but depending how you're preparing them. You may not be getting the most out of them.Take tomatoes for example;I can eat them raw or cooked. But I didn't know that cooking tomatoes in fats, makes them more effective.They can dissolve in fats like olive oil that body absorbs more antioxidants. Slightly cooking veggies is not destroying vitamins and minerals. Actually making them more available and making nutrition easier for body to take in.Another example; Garlic!I use it for every dinner. Helps lower blood pressure and full of antioxidants. But also slicing/mincing it actually maximizes the effect.

Keys to healthy leaving are in our hands. Why shouldn't we use them to open a door to healthier life?

Remember my Roasted Tomatoes Recipe? If you missed it or just started to read my site you can read it here.

23 comments:

I wish I could eat more raw fruits and vegetables but my stomach can't handle them. I love to cook with onions, garlic, bell peppers and celery though--I use them just about every day. I do use cooked tomatoes too though not as often as I should. I love to use fresh ginger too.

I try to eat healthy, but sometimes it is hard not eat the things that are not good for you. Everyonce in while, I do give in to those temptations. I try to cook healthy by using as many fresh vegetables as I can and always looking for healthy recipes.

I've heard that about tomatoes before, and have also heard that making a sauce from tomato "paste" is even better because of the high concentration of tomatoes in the paste, making for a greater amount of antioxidants.

I didn't know this about tomatoes, but I knew about garlic. I use it in many of my dishes too, and my oil of choice (good for cholesterol)is virgin olive oil. (I also switched to canola oil with omega 3's for other oil needs...)

I want to eat healthy as much as possible but it's really hard to resist unhealthy ones especially the crispy chicken skin. I'm sure it's yucky to some but that's my weakness you know! Perhaps I'll just eat more veggies like what you've mentioned here. Thanks for the info Yonca!